Sun, 10 Oct 2010, 03:44 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Round 3 Eliminations

By Jim Samuel

MOHNTON, Pa. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 26th annual Toyo Tires NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   69 Mike Austin                          7051 Darren Nicholson             
E3   ****WINNER****  0.055  5.346 265.38                     0.068  5.444 260.66
 Prior rounds:
E2    (K Perry     ) 0.023  5.429 234.17      (B Reichert  ) 0.039  5.352 261.27
E1    (B Greco     ) 0.064  5.298 268.81      (R Bourke    ) 0.080  5.357 260.21
 Qualified:             #4  5.326 267.80                        #5  5.363 260.61

3:29 p.m. - Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 31 percent, barometer 29.31 inches, adjusted altitude 2,160 feet, track temperature 96 degrees.

Austin led this one from start to finish. Nicholson's car bounced a bit at mid track but other than that, both runs looked pretty clean. As they crossed the finish line, Nicholson's car trailed smoke.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 John Finke                           4843 Monroe Guest                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.030  5.398 254.81                     0.026  5.489 263.31
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Shields   ) 0.085  5.361 263.92      (A Gallant   ) 0.029  5.193 277.09
E1    (M Kosky     ) 0.051  5.323 250.97      (D Martinets ) 0.043  5.238 271.57
 Qualified:            #11  5.448 259.11                        #1  5.223 268.01

Guest and Finke came out of the gate at about the same time but Guest started losing cylinders right away. Finke pulled ahead to take the win and get a spot in the final round against Austin.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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